Member of one of rock and roll's greatest vocal groups announces show at Penn's Peak

A third of one of rock ‘n’ roll’s greatest vocal supergroups will play Penn’s Peak near Jim Thorpe, it has been announced.

Graham Nash, the light tenor voice and one of the songwriters of folk-rock super group Crosby, Stills and Nash and a two-time inductee in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, will perform at the venue at 8 p.m. Aug. 18.

Tickets, at $40 and $45 for reserved seating, are on sale at www.pennspeak.com and 866-605-PEAK.

With his appearance, that means all three member of Crosby, Stills and Nash will play solo shows in the greater Lehigh Valley area within six weeks in July and August.

Nash formed Crosby, Stills and Nash with David Crosby and Stephen Stills in 1968 after having been a vocalist and songwriter with the British pop group The Hollies, who also had 22 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2010.

Crosby, Stills and Nash have released 19 studio live and compilation discs, seven of which have gone platinum and that have sold a total of more than 30 million albums. The group’s 1970 album “Déjà Vu” alone sold 7 million copies and its 1974 compilation disc “So Far” 6 million copies.

It’s best known for its dozen songs that hit the Top 30 on various charts, including "Just a Song Before I Go," “Wasted on the Way,” “Teach Your Children” and “Southern Cross.”

The group's most recent disc was the 2012 live disc "CSN 2012."

Crosby, Stills and Nash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1997.

Nash, 73, has released five solo discs of his own, the latest of which is 2002’s “Songs for Survivors.”

Coincidentally, Crosby plays at Musikfest Café at ArtsQuest Center in Bethlehem on July 5 and Stephen Stills at Keswick Theatre in Glenside on July 9.

Crosby, with Crosby, Stills & Nash, played Sands Bethlehem Event Center in July and also in June 2012.

The group also sold out Musikfest's 6,500-capacity former RiverPlace main stage in 2004 and played to a near-sellout crowd of 6,200 in 2009. It drew 5,392 people to the Great Allentown Fair in 2003, and also played the fair in 1985, 1989 (when it drew more than 8,000) and 1996.

Crosby and Nash played a duo show without Stills at Easton's State Theatre in May 2011.